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Sweet Valley High Magna Editions #4
Elizabeth's Secret Diary
Elizabeth's diary reveals her anxiety over whether she made the right decision in leaving Todd Wilkins just before he moved away, in her formerly secret diaries that review events from Sweet Valley High books twenty through thirty.
323 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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Francine Pascal
1,149 books1,882 followersFrancine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.
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August 22, 2017
It was an echo of my own diary at that age! Almost eerie except for all the kidnapping.
June 20, 2018
Well, this was pretty lame. Her "steamy affair" with Ken Matthews lasted all of twenty pages. But she is a lot sassier in her diary than in person, so at least there's that.
August 5, 2009
Damn, Elizabeth was such a little sneak behind people's backs.
February 15, 2010
This book blew my mind!
February 14, 2011
Elizabeth, typical, studious, pretty and simple.But there's more to her than meets the eye.
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May 6, 2026Elizabeth’s Secret Diary (Sweet Valley High)
It starts off with Liz and Todd are making out in his bedroom on his desk, but Todd gets a phone call from Ken. While he takes the call, Liz starts to snoop around on his desk and finds a letter from a girl named Michelle in Vermont. She’s a little too familiar with Todd’s anatomy and refers to him as “cute buns”. Liz lays into him as soon as he gets off the call. They have a fight and she leaves angry without letting him explain. Jess gets her to go to a beach disco and she runs into her old boyfriend Jeffery. They start to talk and before you know it, their in his car making out. When Liz gets home, she decides to read her old journals to decide what she should do.
Then it covers books 23-31 “Say Goodbye", “Too Much In Love,” “Memories”, “Nowhere to Run”, “Hostage”, “Lovestruck,” “Alone in the Crowd”, “Bitter Rivals”, “Jealous Lies”, “Taking Sides.”
At the end of the book, Liz finishes reading her journals. She goes downstairs and sees Todd outside. She and he make up. Todd explains that Michelle was (over the basketball team?) and they just use to joke around a lot.
Basically, in my opinion, this can be SKIPPED! This was just recaps of previous books with nothing much different from the original books. The only “secret” we get from this diary is that Liz had a secret affair with Ken. They go on a couple of dates and do some kissing before realizing they were just trying to get over Todd.
Rating: 5
It starts off with Liz and Todd are making out in his bedroom on his desk, but Todd gets a phone call from Ken. While he takes the call, Liz starts to snoop around on his desk and finds a letter from a girl named Michelle in Vermont. She’s a little too familiar with Todd’s anatomy and refers to him as “cute buns”. Liz lays into him as soon as he gets off the call. They have a fight and she leaves angry without letting him explain. Jess gets her to go to a beach disco and she runs into her old boyfriend Jeffery. They start to talk and before you know it, their in his car making out. When Liz gets home, she decides to read her old journals to decide what she should do.
Then it covers books 23-31 “Say Goodbye", “Too Much In Love,” “Memories”, “Nowhere to Run”, “Hostage”, “Lovestruck,” “Alone in the Crowd”, “Bitter Rivals”, “Jealous Lies”, “Taking Sides.”
At the end of the book, Liz finishes reading her journals. She goes downstairs and sees Todd outside. She and he make up. Todd explains that Michelle was (over the basketball team?) and they just use to joke around a lot.
Basically, in my opinion, this can be SKIPPED! This was just recaps of previous books with nothing much different from the original books. The only “secret” we get from this diary is that Liz had a secret affair with Ken. They go on a couple of dates and do some kissing before realizing they were just trying to get over Todd.
Rating: 5
September 1, 2024
I became a Sweet Valley fan around age 10 or 11 and while I read some of the regular series books, these Secret Diaries and the other magna editions were my favorites. The drama was over the top when reading about it in a "greatest hits" format like this. This was such fun to reread.
Even as a kid I thought it was odd that Elizabeth had the stereotype of being the faithful one-man-woman when all she did was serially cheat on her long-term boyfriends. At least Jessica was honest and just played the field without making any bones about what she was up to.
Even as a kid I thought it was odd that Elizabeth had the stereotype of being the faithful one-man-woman when all she did was serially cheat on her long-term boyfriends. At least Jessica was honest and just played the field without making any bones about what she was up to.
April 12, 2018
This book was so good
June 5, 2019
One of my fave books when i was 11 😆
July 6, 2023
Good book
April 4, 2025
Elizabeth was low key bad af
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May 12, 2009I'm not going to rate this book - as I'm not it's intended audience and when I originally read it all those years ago I would definately rated it so much higher than today.
When I started my first thought was, I can't believe I read so many of these books. Its like reading a soap opera - almost every page has someone crying, its all about boys and its so melodramtic!
This particular book was the diray behind books 20-30, and it was good to pick up the different pieces of story that I would have read in those oringinal numbers.
The one question I still have (and I know a college series was also written) is did Elizabeth and Todd ever get married?????
SBC: 2 of 2 childhood chapter books
When I started my first thought was, I can't believe I read so many of these books. Its like reading a soap opera - almost every page has someone crying, its all about boys and its so melodramtic!
This particular book was the diray behind books 20-30, and it was good to pick up the different pieces of story that I would have read in those oringinal numbers.
The one question I still have (and I know a college series was also written) is did Elizabeth and Todd ever get married?????
SBC: 2 of 2 childhood chapter books
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November 6, 2011
This book was kinda confusing at the epilogue because I thought that everything that happened in the diary was happening at that moment. But I figured it out in the end. It had the perfect amount of action, heartbreak, and love... This book is definitely good for girls that want to read very well rounded book.
July 8, 2013
I have read so many of these books I can't remember all of them.
July 19, 2016
Oklart datum. Slutade läsa den ca. kl:01.45. Bra underhållande bok.
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